Chair



J. BL NOGGLE.

CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 8. 1920.

Patented Aug 30, 1921.

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JOHN B. NOGGLE, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 30, 1921.

Application filed November 8, 1920. Serial No. 422,434.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN B. NOGGLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in chairs.

The object of my invention is to provide a chair which is simple in construction, cheap to make, strong and durable and which is not liable to warp or become rickety. My invention is particularly adapted for application in the making of a childs chair.

My invention provides further novel means for supporting the chair seat in a manner such that it will be held from warpmg.

The novel features of my invention are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates the preferred embodiment of my invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view partly broken away, of a chair provided with my improvement.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a modified form of a seat.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section view, enlarged, showing a modified rung.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view, reduced, of the rung shown in Fig. 5.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in different views.

1 and 2 designate respectively the front and rear legs of a chair, and 3 the seat thereof.

In the form of my invention shown in Figs. 1 and 2, opposite side edges of the seat 3 are respectively provided with transverse horizontal grooves 4, in which are respectively fitted two rungs 5, the forward ends of which are respectively fitted in holes in the rear sides ofthe front legs 1.

The rear ends of the rungs 5 are respectively fitted in holes provided in the forward sides of the'rear legs 2. Preferably the grooves 4L are cut cross-wise of the grain of the wooden seat 8. This permits the forward edge of the seat to present a smooth surface, and warping of the seat is 6 and 7 designate respectively two par-- allel horizontal transverse rungs mounted respectively in the legs 1 and 2 and dis posed so as respectively support the front and rear edge portions of the seat 3.

In Fig. 4; is illustrated a modified form of construction in which the rungs 5 are respectively fitted in transverse holes extending forwardly and rearwardly through the seat 6 adjacent to the side edges respectively of the seat.

Another modified form is shown in Figs. 5 and 6 in which the adjacent edge of a seat 7 is fitted in a longitudinal groove 8 provided in a forwardly and rearwardly extending rung 9 which corresponds in location and function to one of the rungs 5.

In the modifications shown in Fig. 4 and Figs. 5 and 6, the seat is supported by and held from vertical fiexure in either direction by the rungs. In each form shown the engagement of the seat with the rungs is such that the use of nails, screws or other auxiliary fastening devices is dispensed with.

With the use of my invention a knock down construction is afforded which permits of the ready assembling or disassembling of the parts. It also affords a construction which is rigid, strong and durable and which is attractive in appearance.

I do not limit my invention to the structures shown and described, as various modifications, within the scope of the claims, may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

hat I claim is:

1. A chair having legs, a board seat and a rung supported by the legs and extending through the seat transversely with the grain of the board and holding the latter from vertical fiexure in either direction, substantially as set forth.

2. A chair having legs, a board seat having in one end a groove, transverse to the grain of the board and a rung supported by the legs and fitting in said groove and supporting the seat and holding the latter against vertical flexure in either direction, substantially as set forth.

3. A chair having legs, a board seat having two grooves transverse to the grain of the board in opposite edges respectively, and two rungs supported by said legs and respectively fitted in said grooves and arranged to support the seat and hold the latter against vertical flexure in either direotion, substantially as set forth.

4:. A chair having four legs, aboard seat having two grooves transverse to the grain 10 of the board in opposite edges respectively,

two rungs supported by said legs and respectively pivoted in said grooves, and two rungs disposed transversely to the first named rungs and arranged in said legs to support the under side of said seat, substantially as set forth.

'In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

JOHN B. NOGGLE. 

